Figurative Language
Simile
cookie is to eat as milk is to:
drink
This kind of punctuation indicates a pause in a sentence
Comma
When you use the information around a word to figure out the word's meaning
This is a comparison of 2 things that doesn't use "like" or "as"
Metaphor
school is to learning as pool is:
swimming
What "spill the beans" means
Tell a secret
This is a describing word
adjective
The first thing you usually do when you don't know the meaning of a word
Look it up (and look up a picture!)
This is when you apply human characteristics to non-human things.
Personification
insect
What "a dime a dozen" means
cheap or easy to come to by
This is a small part of a word that comes at the end of a word (like "ing" in "eating")
Suffix
this is word that means the same thing as another word
A common phrase that says one thing, but means another.
sleeping is to dozing as looking is to:
seeing
What "at the drop of a hat" means
Quickly, right away
This is a small part of a word that comes at the beginning of a word (like "re" in "redo")
Prefix
this is a word that means the opposite of a word
antonym
A huge exaggeration that can't possibly be true.
cold
What "hit the sack" or "hit the hay" mean
Go to sleep
This is a word that joins two smaller sentences to make one longer sentence
Conjunction
This is usually the first part of a word definition (for example: a guitar is a type of instrument, a squirrel is a type of animal..)